How I discovered my running routes || Road to Gold Coast Marathon 2024 (Week 8)

Let's find out how I went from just doing endless laps around Bankstown Oval to exploring and discovering many other routes and areas.
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00:00 * Intro *
00:08 * Pfitz 18/85 - Week 8 training recap * - Monday (10km recovery)
00:15 - Tuesday (evening track intervals, supposed to be 14km general aerobic)
00:49 - Wednesday (24km medium long run, 21km actual)
00:58 - Thursday (10km recovery)
01:06 - Friday (18km with 10km lactate threshold)
01:32 - Saturday (10km recovery, 8.5km actual)
01:44 - Sunday (35km long run)
03:08 - Total mileage for the week (~114km)
03:18 * History of my running routes *
05:10 * How I discovered my running routes *
05:12 - Randomly or by chance
05:29 - Google Maps
07:16 - Garmin Connect
08:52 - Strava
09:58 - Parkruns
10:32 - Running clubs and group runs
10:57 * Other considerations when planning routes *
11:00 - Safety
12:19 - Amenities
12:45 - Extra travel
13:12 * Outro *
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[@RobOnTheRun]

How do you decide between running new routes (e.g. for variety and discovery) and running familiar routes (e.g. for consistency and routine)?

[@RaghavendraManjunath-oj6cb]

Great vid Rob. Ever since I increased my long run distance I was struggling to find where to run. This vid helped to plan before hand. As I don’t have anyone to tag along with me apart from going to park run. I find it hard to come up with a route. 😢 thanks for this again

[@bb0yMark]

popularity heat map on Garmin connect 😮 learn something from your vids each time 🙏